We’ll decide what’s best for each game – Lopetegui explains Courtois absence

Real Madrid head coach Julen Lopetegui said he will decide his goalkeeping situation on a game-by-game basis after star signing Thibaut Courtois was made to wait for his debut again.

Courtois swapped Premier League side Chelsea for European champions Madrid in a £35million move but the Belgium international was on the bench for Sunday’s 4-1 LaLiga win over Girona – Lopetegui opting to retain Keylor Navas.

Lopetegui also preferred Navas to Courtois in Madrid’s LaLiga opener against Getafe, after the 26-year-old Belgian watched from the stands as his new team lost to Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup on August 15.